South Africa will be chasing their hardest 69 runs against Australia on Day 4: Dale Steyn
Speaking after the match, Steyn pointed out the beauty of Test cricket and said that the Proteas will be chasing the hardest 69 runs of their lives, as Australia were not going to give it up that easily.Day 4 also has a lot of rain predicted, so conditions could heavily be in favour of the fast bowlers on Saturday."The roller coaster of Test match cricket means that we'll come back tomorrow and there's still 69 runs to get. Now, it seems easy, but Australia are not going to lay back and give up this fight just yet. That's going to be 69 of the hardest runs that the South Africans will have to fight for tomorrow. And if they manage to get it, I mean, it will be a fantastic achievement," Dale Steyn told the broadcaster after the match.advertisement"The UK produced a great day of cricket today. The wicket had flattened out, the sun was out. It's a typical day of English conditions. We've seen it—the first two days were difficult. Today, it flattened out. Tomorrow will have its differences. It could be more difficult to bat again, it could be flat again. We don't know, but it's been an incredible Test match so far these three days," he concluded.Australia head coach Daniel Vettori reiterated Steyn's point at the press conference on Friday, stating that it was a matter of just one wicket at Lord's.Must Watch
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